Equal Vision and Rise Records have teamed up to offer a split CD sampler showcasing six bands from each label. For the last few weeks, the sampler was only available at Warped Tour dates, but now they’re giving it away as a free download!

Tracklisting:

1. Chiodos – “I Didn’t Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard”

2. The Devil Wears Prada – “HTML Rulez D00d”

3. Damiera – “Quiet Mouth Loud Hands”

4. Dance Gavin Dance – “The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3″

5. Sky Eats Airplane – “Long Walks on Short Bridges”

6. Emarosa – “Heads or Tails Real or Not”

7. The Color Fred – “Minnesota”

8. Take The Crown – “Ride Or Die”

9. Pierce The Veil – “Yeah Boy and Doll Face”

10. Breathe Carolina – “Gossip”

11. Cinematic Sunrise – “Pulling A Piano From A Pond”

12. Oceana – “The Tide”

Download 12-Song Sampler (70.8mb)

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ONE SMALL STEP FOR LANDMINES
Good Men Die Young And I’m Not Feeling Well – Digital EP Out Now
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* Includes title track, Jim Ward cover, unreleased B-side

One Small Step For Landmines (Tallahassee, F.L.) has just released a digital EP for the single Good Men Die Young And I’m Not Feeling Well.

In total, the EP contains the title track, a cover version of Good Men Die Young by Jim Ward (Sparta / Sleepercar) and an unreleased B-side from the band’s 2007 Self-titled full-length which features guest vocals from Look Mexico’s Matt Agrella.

For pure downloading rapture, click here.

Additionally, you can check out a video of Good Men Die Young here. It was conceived and directed by Jerrod Landon Porter, who also also designed the art for the EP.

There are plans for a seven-inch version of the EP later this year as well. It will feature a bonus fourth track – a cover of “Girlfriend In A Coma” by the Smiths.

In other news, front man Kevin Allen recently recorded a few new songs in Los Angeles with drummer Tony Hajjar (Sparta, At The Drive In) and Sol Snyder (Year of the Rabbit) on bass duty. More news on the future of those tracks soon…

One Small Step For Landmines‘ Self-titled debut full-length was released in September of 2007 by Doghouse imprint Civil Defense League. Angular-yet-driving rock built around unforgettable melodies, massively catchy songs and a propulsive rhythm section, this Florida three piece is dynamically compelling as they are unpredictable and explosive.

Free mp3: “Take Me, Seriously“

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CHEAP GIRLS - New Full-length Released Digitally on Quote Unquote Records 

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* Find Me A Drink Home now available from donation-based label 
* CD / Vinyl available from Bermuda Mohawk Productions / Los Diaper Records

Find Me A Drink Home, the fantastic debut full-length from power pop rockers Cheap Girls (Lansing, MI) is getting the digital treatment from donation-based labelQuote Unquote Records.

That’s right…just click here and you can download all eleven songs for free, no strings attached! Of course, donations are encouraged; help the bands and label continue to record and release great music. While you’re at it, check out other Quote Unquote releases from Bomb The Music Industry!, We Versus The Shark andThe Riot Before.

Produced by Rick Johnson of Mustard Plug and the aforementioned Bomb the Music Industry!, Find Me A Drink Home was released in CD format by Bermuda Mohawk Productions in April while Los Diaper Records released the vinyl version last month. Both are still available from the labels…and if you ever pine for a totally awesome throwback to 90’s melodic guitar rock (think Smoking Popes meets Dinosaur Jr.) you should definitely pick this up in one of its many available incarnations.

Find Me A Drink Home is one hell of a debut that has taken my heart hostage. - What We Hate 
Fantastic guitar driven power-pop…like Sugar, this trio layers great hooks and crunchy rhythms that manage to gloss over some dark lyrics. - Pocket Full of Chump Change 

Cheap Girls pay homage to bands like Lemonheads, Nada Surf and Superdrag, and despite their reference points being somewhat obvious, the record is an extremely fresh listen. - Punknews.org

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From now until June 23rd, DAMIERA is giving away their first album, M(US)IC, to anyone who signs up for their email newsletter.

The signup form can be found on Myspace.com/damiera and Damiera.com

Quiet Mouth, Loud Hands is in stores JUNE 24TH.

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BRASS – 3 New Songs for Free Download
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* A SMALL BREATH EP now available digitally
* Also download songs from debut SET & DRIFT

Philadelphia’s BRASS have officially released their new three-song EP, A SMALL BREATH, for free digital download. For more information, go here. For instant gratification, voila!

The band will also be pressing a very limited run of 100 CDs, which will be available at shows and on their website in a couple of weeks.

A Small Breath was recorded by students at Drexel University in January and February as part of an engineering course. Bravo, higher education! These three songs sound amazing, continuing the tradition of beautifully-clashing aesthetics established on Brass’ recent eight-song debut, Set & Drift. Both releases masterfully establish a common ground between soaring melodies, heart-stopping crescendos and math-y, post-punk rhythms. A must-listen for fans of The Dismemberment Plan, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbox or Circa Survive.

And while they’re in a giving mood, you can also download three MP3s from Set & Drift here. Happy listening!

Heartfelt melodies and epic songwriting…this is quality music. – Mutiny Zine
Brass can boast that they just overtook the indie scene with an artful swipe at the gold of debuts. – Smother
Set & Drift is the sound of a band truly finding their own unique voice, and it’s intoxicating. – Sound As Language
Unpredictable song structures, fluid guitars and vocal crescendos, Brass take a perpendicular approach to melody without being abrasively post-punk or emo. – Read Junk

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INTO IT. OVER IT. – 52 Songs In 52 Weeks!
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* New band from Evan Weiss ( The Progress / Up Up Down Down ) tackles year-long recording project
* 30 Down…22 More To Go
* Week 30 song, New Careers, up now (free mp3)

INTO IT. OVER IT., the latest vehicle for Philadelphia native Evan Weiss, has posted its most recent offering, New Careers.

The track is the 30th in an ongoing series which finds Weiss undertaking the ambitious task of writing and recording one new song every week for the span of a year.

52 weeks = 52 songs: a stat even more impressive considering that nothing was composed in advance. With occasional variances, music is written over the weekend, lyrics are penned on Monday or Tuesday and the songs are recorded Wednesday. The finished project is posted on the Into It. Over It. website on Thursday…and the cycle begins again.

Weiss, who is a member of The Progress and has played with Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start, conceived Over It. Into It. as a way to break free from a musical rut, not to mention as an autobiographical means to document that quickly passing thing we call “life.”

The first song was posted on his 23rd birthday (09/27/07) and the last will go up on October 2nd, 2008. Most of the instruments are played by Weiss and the majority of songs are recorded at Gradwell House by Steve Poponi (Up Up Down Down).

The greatest part of the Into It. Over It. project – aside from the fact that there are some really great indie rock songs on full display, ranging from tender to tough – is that they’re all available free to download and share. The easiest way to get all 30 (plus the next 22 as they’re released) is via iTunes podcast. Simply go to the podcast section of your iTunes store and search for “Into It Over It.” Subscribe and you’ll have everything that has been posted thus far, and you’ll get each new track from now on as they’re posted every Thursday.

You can also visit the website, browse each song page and download them individually. Sure, that might take a little longer, but it will also give you the opportunity to read the lyrics and check out other bonuses, such as the artwork of Brian Mietz of the band It’s A King Thing. Of course, there’s a myspace page where you can stream a random sampling of tracks as well.

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RED LEADER RECORDS – March News
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* Polar Bear Club debut full-length out now
* New distro deal with LMMG
* Nakatomi Plaza at SXSW
* Free Label Sampler

Plenty of exciting stuff going on at Red Leader Records this month, beginning with the highly-anticipated full-length from Rochester, New York’s Polar Bear Club. Sometimes Things Just Disappear is officially out as of yesterday via the label’s new distro deal with LMMG. Unquestionably worth the wait, you can swing by your local indie record store and pick up a copy…or as always, get it directly from Red Leader.

If you’d like to listen beforehand, the fine folks at Punknews.org are streaming the record in its entirely. Go here to check it out.

Next up, Brooklyn’s hardest working band, Nakatomi Plaza, is playing three shows at SXSW this week. All these shows are FREE.

Nakatomi Plaza SXSW Shows!
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MAR 13 – Austin, TX @ The Parlor, 100 B. East North Loop Blvd, 7pm (Nakatomi at 8pm), AA, Free!
MAR 14 – Austin, TX @ Parts and Labour (back parking lot), 1604 S. Congress, Nakatomi at 5pm, AA, Free!
MAR 15 – Austin, TX @ Agave Bar, 415 6th St., Nakatomi at 3pm, 21+, Free!

Finally, to celebrate all the madness, Red Leader has made their new label sampler free to download. Go here for 20 awesome songs from recent releases, not to mention unreleased / rare tracks from End Of A Year, Marathon, Nakatomi Plaza, Dear Tonight, FireWhenReady and Scream Hello.

Speaking of Scream Hello, it’s worth noting that the band’s new 4-song EP, Smart & Stupid, will be out on April 8th via Red Leader. It’s the precursor to Everything Is Always Still Happening, Scream Hello’s upcoming full-length due out in the Summer of 2008.

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Drive-Thru Records is letting you sample some of their bands! Check it all out below!

1 ) Drive-Thru Records is offering a free 13-song sampler, available for download now at Purevolume: http://www.purevolume.com/promotions/drivethru/2008sampler/
The sampler features new tracks from Ace Enders (ex-The Early November, Socratic, Steel Train, You Me and Everyone We Know, and more.

2 ) You Me and Everyone We Know has a new 8-song EP available for free download now at AbsolutePunk: http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=3162

About You Me and Everyone We Know, Max Bemis from Say Anything has said “I just got their new EP and it crushes booty.”

3) House of Fools’ new music video for “My Life Before Today” was just posted on MySpace:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=26708894

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